To be eligible to receive funding under the Adult Career Education
(ACE) Grant Program an organization must:
(1) be a Nonprofit Organization;
(2) be a Nonprofit Workforce Intermediary and Job Training
Organization;
(3) provide eligible low-income students, in partnership
with Public Junior Colleges, Public State Colleges, or Public Technical
Institutes:
(A) job training; and
(B) a continuum of services designed to move a program
participant from application to employment, and to include: outreach,
assessment, case management, support services, and career placement;
(4) be governed by a board or other governing structure
that includes recognized leaders of broad-based community organizations
and executive-level or managerial-level members of the local business
community;
(5) demonstrate that the organization's program has
achieved or will achieve the following measures of success among program
participants:
(A) above average completion of developmental education
among participating public junior college, public state college, or
public technical institute students;
(B) above average persistence rates among participating
public junior college, public state colleges, or public technical
institute students;
(C) above average certificate or degree completion
rates by participating students within a three-year period compared
to demographically comparable public junior college, public state
college, and public technical institute students;
(D) entry into careers with significantly higher earnings
for program participants than previously achieved; and
(6) provide matching funds in accordance with general
guidelines.
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